UFO Research Digest - March and April 1993

RESEARCH DIGEST

COMPILED BY KEITH BASTERFIELD

ISSUE 33
MARCH/APRIL 1993

COPYRIGHT 1993 - UFORA

REPORTS FROM THE NETWORK

AN ALIEN IMPLANT FOUND?

The Jan/Feb 1992 issue ofthe International UFO Reporter
carriedan articleby myselfon the abduction phenomenon
relating to the topic of Himplants." There have been
nurnerous claims of apparent in-site detection of, or even
actual recovery of, artifacts said to be connected to
abductions.

Finally, we now have had such a case here. The following
details are courtesy of UFORUM in Perth.

UFORA93039 4 Feb 1992 Two Rocks WA
0215hrs CE4 S4/P4

"Ron", was awoken by a bright, white light. There was a
brilliant flash, and Ron found himself standing in his
pyjamas in a car park. There were about 30 other people
standing around, stiffly erect in a dulled or altered state
of consciousness. A man in a white coat, different from
the others, imparted a telepathic message to Ron, wYou
have been chosen." He then found himself inside a
community hall, used for basketball and other sports.
There were humanoids in the group. One, 4 feet tall,
approached Ron and gave him a bat, 3 wickets and a
cricket ball. At this stage Ron realised he must have had
an abduction experience when 7 years old

Another humanoid seemed to be draining his emotions.
Then he panicked and ran to the hall's entrance, lifting the
bar to get the door open to get out. There was a sudden
flash, a sensation of falling, and Ron found himself
spread-eagled back on his bed.

On March 4th 1992, again at 2.15 a.m., Ron woke up and
saw his son (aged 10) in a half-sitting position being
floated past his bedroom door. Guiding the boy was a
misty alien form. Ron jumped out of bed, shouting at the
alien as he grabbed his son. There was sudden flash, and
Ron found himself back in bed. Later on that day his son
described having a nightmare related to the event re-
ported by his father.

At breakfast the son had a coughing fit and coughed up a
piece of metal about a centimetre long. Thiswas analysed
recently at Curtin University and found to be a very
unusual combination on nickel, silver, zinc, copper,
cobalt and ytterbium. The initial analysis Brian says
indicated an artifact of unknown source. However, re-
assessment has gauged it to be terrestrial, perhaps part of
an electronic probe.

The family, consisting of husband, wife, ex de-facto wife,
a 13 year old daughter and son and a third younger child,
plus a lodger, have all had UFO sightings and seen
apparitions within the house on a regular basis. The TV
series NThe ExtraordinaryW is expected to show a segment
on this event.

OTHER ENTITY/ABDUCIlON-LIKE REPORTS


UFORA93007 1968 WA CE4 S4/P4

A Mr Terry W, now aged 30, related that at about age 6-
7 two small beings entered his bedroom and tried to
persuade him to leave with them. He has the recurring
memory of them saying: "Come with us, come with us..."
He remembers being petrified and thinking, Nl don't like
the looks of you. I want to go back." He also recalls an
event in a flat in Maylands WA, in 1988/89, but doesn't
remember if it was a dream or reality in which he was
lifted up and carried off by some small squat entities. In
1990 he dreamt of being taken away by taller "peopleS
wearing black capes. Terry asserts he is very psychic.
(Brian RichardsAUFORUM.)

UFORA93008 1983 WA ? S4/P4

In 1983 John W., then aged 22 or 23, had a lucid dream
set in the USA which foretold the coming of thousands of
aliens. He was the only one who knew. He also knew they
were already amongst us, looking just like us. Another
type had large heads and dark eyes, resembling the
"greys." In the dream he had to warn the general popula-
tion of the coming invasion. A female living in the same
apartment block, in the dream was taken away by the
aliens and substituted by an alien double. W. knew of this
deception and shot her. The aliens then arrived en-masse
as hvo distinct hypes-one the grey and the other resem-
bling a reptilian lizard. The dream leR him feeling very
disturbed for a long time. The night before the dream he
had had sex with a comparative stranger, a drifter passing
through who stayed at John's premises for 2-3 nights.

Another event was related, which had occurred three
year's earlier, at a house in Midlands WA. Sleeping on a
mattress in the living roor4 he awoke e.xperiencing
pinching and tickling causing him great fear. He yelled at
the top of his voice to attract the other two male members
in the house. They later claimed to have heard a commo-
tion but wcouldn't find the light switch to come and
investigate..." The neighbours, when questioned heard
nothing. Coincidentally this event also happened after
sex with a comparative stranger. The witness claims to be
psychic but only specified his ability to "read minds."
(Brian Richards/lJFORUM.)

UFORA93009 1976 Isle of Wight UK
CE4? S4/P4

Shelley W. was living in acottage and hadbroken herfoot
playing cricket, thus was resting one afternoon. The
tinkle of bells could be heard although her husband, on
entering the room with a cup of sea, heard nothing.
Shelley heard the words: "Mayo, Mayo" and felt an alien
presence wished to implant a transistor in her head to
make a clearer reception. She experienced the feeling of
skimming across water, but somehow resisted being
taken to an unknown destination. The words: "No time"
kept coming up, to mean there is no such thing as Time
and WYou're womanW was clearly stated.

A form of contact was maintained in the months ahead
through channelling. Her son, then 17, and a friend
rushed indoors after seeing what were said to be "space-
craft". The sightings were so convincing that they re-
ported it to the police and the press ran a story. Shelley,
through channelling, made contact with tall, fair haired,
blue eyed beings on a mission of goodwill to save the
planet. Our planet was described as the most violent of
them all, but that could be reversed. These aliens were
producing hybrids whose purpose was unclear.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM)

UFORA93026 19 Jan 1993 BeldonWA
0300hrs CE3B S4/P4

Tony woke at 3a.m. andfound "someonenkneeling to the
left side of his bed about half way along it. Whatever or
whoever it was seemed extremely thin, had no hair, but
normal features, except for the ears which seemed defined
only by a faint outline. A gold box-like object appeared to
be attached to the being's neck just below its right ear.

Tony reached out to touch the thing, but his hand went
right through it. It immediately disappeared, to re-appear
seconds later going through the closed flyscreen door. A
dog at thebottom ofthebed waswatching the incident, but
it did not respond by moving, growling or barking. No
sound, smell or other anomalies were noted. The entity
was wearing a grey-greenT-shirt which had a higherthan
normal neck- asort of halfpolostyle neck. Abeltwas seen
supporiing loose fitting trousers like the pantaloons wom
by pirates of old. It was too dark to define the feet or any
footwear.

Later, Tony found a 5cTn long rash, with accompanying
soreness, on the inside of his leR wrist. He was very
frightenedby the "nocturnal encounter" and has not slept
properly since. His wife who sleeps in the sarne room saw
and heard nothing and thinks he was dreaming.

Tony recounts seeing a UFO over the northem end of lake
Joondallup in 1970 or 1971. Seen around midnight, the
object was yellow - green and red lights flew slowly over
the lake from north to south before ascending into clouds
darting this way and that. It shot off to the west at
tremendous speed before disappearing.

In 1975 Tony was in hospital for an operation. He awoke
at 3 a.m. to find a nurse in an unusual (unrecognised)
uniform kneeling beside the bed doing something to his
wrist. She explained her purpose as a zhealth visitorZ
doing the rounds at nighL Later, it was shown that no
nurse fitting the description given was known to any of the
doctors or nurses at the hospital.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93027 22 Jan 1993 Waroona Darn WA
2200hrs Low/CE4? S4/P4

A group of 13 people saw a large blue-green flare-like
object pass by from north to south. The weather was fine
with some low broken cloud. There was no sound from
this object. Duration 8-10 seconds. It appeared to "skip"
a couple of times before being lost due to distance. The
whole area was bathed in a blue light brighter than
Moonliaht.

Three ofthe group camped overnight. Claims that 2 ofthe
cars had flatbatteries after the event maybe true, butit was
also established that a tent was erected by the light of the
car's concerned. A check with Perth observatory found
that reports of a "green fireball" had come in fromvarious
parts of the state seen just before 2200hrs.

The main witness, Amanda, claims to have had a dream
of an "abduction experience", foundbruisingfinger marks
on her upper arms, and wmirror" skin aberrations on her
legs, and other parls of her body. Headaches are now
occurring fairly regularly. She also claims to have sud-
denly developed healing abilities, tested on one of the
UFORUM committee with remarkable and inex-plicable
results.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.J

UFORA93031 1 Feb 1993 Noranda WA
0030hrs CE3B S4/P4

Kylie C. awokeandsawa small figure standingbesidethe
bed7 half way down. At the end of the bed were 3 taller
beings." The small figure had dark, almond eyes, small
nostrils and thin lips. Its head was bald and prominent. It
had a pot belly, and KC noticed only 3 fingers on each hand
KC had an overwhelming desire to reach out and touch
the small figure as a feeling of love and compassion
embraced her. She was unable to move or call out. The
being moved backwards and disappeared with a tele-
pathic message: "It's not time yeL" At that time KC was
four and a half months pregnant (the baby was born
handicapped.) The following morning she found she was
sore behind the ears. There were some small pin pricks in
the same area.

She has had some ghostly ex-periences when aged 9 and
living in Balga. At present she is four months pregnant
and has voiced some concern in relation to her present
condition and possible woutside interferenceN effecting
the outcome.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

THOSE ORANGE LIGHTS CONTINUE

Lastyearwe reportedonan outburst of orange lightsover
Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. In Sydney the solution to
many, perhaps all, ofthe orange lights seemed to lie, with
the launching of hot air balloons. However, orange lights
continue to be seen in Perth. as the following indicate.

UFOPRA93016 12 Dec 1992 Morley WA
2055hrs NL S3/P4

Six people watched a bright orange light travel silently at
a steady pace from the south to the north east It appeared
to increase speed and rise at one point. Believed to be a
satellite.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93018 28Decl992 HeathridgeWA
2140hrs NL S3/P4

A bright orange light was seen by Andrew M. whose first
irnpression was that it was a helicopter. It hovered for
several minutes, without any sound, before heading south
in the direction of Scarborough. There, it again remained
stationaryforabout 10 minutesbeforefadingout. Witness
telephoned again to say some photos were taken . The
Perth met office had several calls on this night from
people reporting odd lights at 1930, 2000 and 2220hrs.
Channel 7 had a call from a lady on December 27
reporting a light in the Fremantle area. No details given.
fBrian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93028 21 Jan 1993 Alexander Heights
WA 2300hrs Low S4/P4

Linda and Graharn plus their 6 year old daughter had two
sightings. The first object was described as a dull orange
sphere of light, travelling north to south. It stopped
virtually overhead for about 5 minutes, then moved
west vards in a sort of upward arc at great speed, stopped
again for about a minute before moving rapidly to the
WNW

On January 23, the family watched a similar light, though
much brighter than before, perform almost identical
manoeuvres in the same area. They were convinced it was
not a plane or helicopter. Absolutely no sound was heard
either time.

KBrian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93032 2 Feb 1993 Armadale WA
2140hrs Low S4/P4

A soundless orange-red light was seen by Franz L.
Travelling from SE to NE it was going faster than a
conventional aircraft and fairly low (estimated 300m).

There seemed to be a darker body behind the light, which
flashed on and offa few times. Orange bits sePmed to be
falling off the main light which continued to pulse
brighter and dimmer. Over a highway the object was
observed to drop straight down and disappear. Duration
30-35 seconds. He reported a sirnilar light at 2050hrs on
February 4, 1993. This object was moving E to W,
silently, over a period of 30-40 seconds (possibly a
satellite.)

(Brian Richards/UFORU:M.)

UFORA93034 5Febl993 BallajuraWA
2100hrs Med S41P4

Mrs Anna F, her husband and four children watched a
red-orange light travelling straight overhead in a soutb-
north direction. Duration 15 minutes. It was silent, one
third the size of a full Moon and unlike anything else they
had ever seen.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)
UFORA93081 (undated) 1993 Leederville WA

Three women reported seeing a fuzzy, orange coloured
light, lower than tree top height. It travelled, without
sound, from SW to NE. There was no change in direction
or intensity of the object which was lost from sight behind
some trees.

(Brian Richards/UFORUMJ

OTHER REPORTS

UFORA93006 1974 Perth WA Various S4/P4

In 1974 John R sighted three disc-shaped objects over
South Perth, performing unusual rnanoeuvres during
daylight hours . The rniddle object suddenly changed from
a disk to a ring and disappeared. These objects were
observed from the Glenway gardens flats looking north-
west.

In 1975 he was lying down relaxing about 2100hrs. He
may have fallen asleep, but around 0100hrs a tremendous
weight was felt pressing down on the stomach area
rendering him immobile. As dawn approached he started
praying (although not religious) and the weight was felt
to ease.

In 1984/85 he moved to an old housewhichhewasbuying
and at the same time took up meditation. Ohe evening,
Iying down, again in relaxation and meditation, a crack-
ling sound was heard and a voice somewhere within his
head shouted three angry words which were undeciphered.
From this time his life improved. He found a job, moved
to a newer, better house and developed a positive attitude.

Around the middle of 1992, whilst meditating, he asked
the meaning of the three words. Suddenly, as if in
response, a loud crackling noise like static was heard. He
lay down to avoid the noise but it got worse. With his eyes
closed he was aware of Wlightw flashing through the
window and also "seew through the lounge waU directly
into the kitchen. The noise bename even louder and a
sound like a sucking vacuum cleaner could be heard. The
lights increased their intensity. Both his feet started to rise
unaided. At this point he called on God for help. The noise
stopped and the lights faded leaving the victim visibly
shaken.

(Brian Richards/UFORUMJ

UFORA93010 19 Oct 1992 Kwinana WA
1950hrs NL S2/P4

Six people reported a bright star-like object traveUing in
an erratic fashion - up and down, and side to side, from
the south to North east.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UF0RA93011 20 Oct 1992 Bullsbrook WA
1900hrs NL S2/P4

A bright, white light travelled south to north. It appeared
to switch off Most probably a sateUite.

(S'rian Richards/UFORUMJ

UFORA93012 20 Oct 1992 WA
2028hrs NL S2/P4

Two white lights with red centres were reported traveUing
south-west to north-east.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93013 19 Oct 1992 Dwellingup WA
2000 2100hrs NL s2n4

A white light, like a bright fast moving star, was sighted
moving west to east. It changed direction, moved up and
down and almost turned fuU circle before blinking out
(E'rian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93014 22 Oct 1992 Heathridge WA
2310hrs NL S3/P4

A large white light moving silently north was seen. A
smaller white light was below the main one. At one point
this smaller light appeared to moveto the left and was seen
to fade from time to time. Duration 20 minutes. A number
of patrons in the local MacDonald's car park also saw the
object and expressed arnazement.

(Brian Richards/UFORUMJ

UFORA93015 27 Nov 1992 Huntingdale WA
2225hrs NL S3/P4

Many lights in the sky, high up, darting about were noted.
They came together, separated, then regrouped. There
appeared to be two larger lights that moved less than the
others and the focus of the anention of the smaller lights.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93017 27 Dec 1992 Kelmscott WA
NL S3/P4

John H reported seeing 9 wsatellitesN between 2100 and
2300hrs. One of these appeared to deviate north-west
from a south-north course. The witness had driven trucks
across the Nullarbor Plains for some years and had
witnessed the so called Min Min light three times. The
most impressive sighting was in Sept 1973 when a white
light zigzagged in front of his truck and from one side of
the road to the other. Another time while sleeping in the
parking area of the MundrabiUa Roadhouse, h is truck was
violently rocked from side to side. Investigation found no
one around. John had one memorable psychic experience
in 1966 when his grandfather died.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93019 28 Dec 1992 Morley WA
2215hrs Med S4/P4

Joe, Claudia and their two children were stationary in
their car when Joe noticed a bright, off-white light to his
leR. He described it as one of the brightest lights he had
ever seen. It was oval in shape, although the centre
appeared round. On the top left hand wcornerw were 4
fiame-like objects that defied any conventional explana-
tion

The object, larger than a Jumbo jet, moved erraticaUy
from side to side and up and down. It hovered over the
road for a few seconds before moving further right over
some vacant land. At this point it seemed to stabilize and
remained stationary for about 30 seconds. Suddenly,
there was a bright flash lighting up the ground below the
object and surrounding areas. It then climbed verticaUy at
a steady pace until lost to view. At no time was any sound
heard from the object.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93020 1993 ShelleyWA Low S21P4

A woman reported a bright, silent light traveUing from
SW to NE. It deviated from its course at one point and then
faded away. Possibly a satellite.

(Brian Richards/UEORUM.)

UFORA93021 25 Dec 1981 SA
2200hrs Med S41P4

The same woman as in UFORA93020 reponed encoun
tering a pale blue, triangular object, from a car on a lonely
road. This was also seenby her husband andfourteenyear
old daughter.

{Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93022 SJanl993 BedfordaleWA
2130hrs Med S31P4

A bluish, spherical object was seen to be travelling south
to north, in the western sky, by a woman. It seemed to have
adarkerringaround it. ItapproachedKwinana, remained
stationary for some minutes before shooting straight up
and disappearing.

(Brian Richards/UFORUMJ

UFORA93023 7 Jan 1993 Armadale WA
2145hrs Low S3/P4

KH noticed a satellite, quite high in the sky, travelling
from SW to NE. At the same time it was noticed that a
bright, flashing, star-like object had come into view from
the right, or north, and proceeded to move south, flashing
on every 2-3 seconds. It then stopped for a few moments
before describing a complete loop before climbing verti-
cally and disappearing. At one stage when the satellite
and flashing object appeared close together, a meteor
streaked by, close to both objects although this may have
been unrelated.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UTORA93024 9 Jan 1993 KelmscottWA
1540hrs InstP S4/P4

A nine year old boy and a thirteen year old girl in the
Ravensthorpe, Hayden and South Varley area, saw what
appeared to be an oval, metallic object with no visible sign
of wings, tail or protuberances, travelling high up, at 20
degrees, in a WSW-NNW direction. It was about 1/8th of
an inch at arms length, &nd left a very long, single
condensation trail. Duration about 5 minutes. It was
viewed with 10x50 binoculars and filmed on super 8 cine.
(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93025 8 Jan 1993 Fremantle WA
1900hrs Med S4/P4

Andrea P reported seeing a roundish, disk- shaped object
following the river in an E-W direction. This was in
daylight. He described the object as being off-white,
greyish with odd grey lines on the side and fin-like
appendages at the rear. The overall description was a little
vague. AP lost sight when he averted his gaze for a brief
moment.

Mrian Richards/UFORUA~{.)

UFORA93029 1966 and subsequently Willagee
WA CE3 S4/P4

Mrs Audrey W"s childre4 aged 7 and 5, were playing on
the front verge with their neighboufs childre4 more or
less the same age. It was duskbut not dark. Suddenly their
chickens created a great corsLmotio4 and their dog flew
into a frenzy, its hair on end as it chased its tail to the point
of exhaustion. The children came running invery excited,
declaring that they had "seen priests" looking out of
portholes at ther4 from a funny round thing, with a round
thing on top. The children went on to describe the
occupants of the craft wearing dark Wshirtsw with round,
whitecollars. Apparently this saucer-shaped object dipped
down towards the children before speeding off north
towards Perth.

Audreyts daughter Tracey had a later UFO experience in
1981 when aged 22. She was driving across Sydney
Harbour Bridge when all the cars stopped to watch an
aerial display of a light doing unbelievable manoeuvres.
Two policemen stopped their car, got out and directed all
the traffic to continue warning all the occupants that they
hadn't seen a thing. They (police) also rnade the point that
if they reported the incident to their superiors, they
wouldn't bz believed and their careers would be in jeop-
ardy.

In June 1992 Audrey's daughter-in-law and the son who
had seen the "priestsW years before, watched a cigar
shaped object like a rocket heading south-north. They
called Perth ATC who said it was a plane buming off fuel
on its way lo RAAF Pierce. Pierce denied all knowledge
of such an aircraft at the time.

In 1971 Audrey's family owned a Shell garage. Early one
morning, about 5 a.m., a man stopped his car to see a
"silvery metallic grey" object draining power from power
lines. He also stopped other cars, some of the drivers
whom were Audrey's customers. A few days after the
event some of these witnesses were visited by three men
in dark suits who claimed to be either ASIO or Air Force
personnel. They warned the witnesses not to speak of the
incident and assured them that what they had seen was
nothing more than stars or planets.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA9303029Janl993 ClacklineWA 2300hrs
Low S4/P4

Dianne and Geoff watched a bright light dart from side to
side, forwards and backwards, fading to a mere dot, and
pulsating back to brightness. A second cigar-shaped light
appeared in the East towards York about two handspans
form the first light. This also darted around and pulsed in
and out. At one stage an aircraft came in to view and the
couple watched in amazement as it was buzzed by one of
the lights. They believed the plane was headed for Perth
airport. Brian Richards telephoned Met radar atPerth and
asked them what they knew of the incident. Met Radar
obliged by telephoning ATC to check their log. A bit of
a conversation ensued and Brian was eventually advised
by Met radar that ATC didn't want to get involved. RAAF
Pierce weren't able to work.

{Brian Richards/UFORUAzI.)

UFORA93033 4 Feb 1993 Ocean Reef WA
2050hrs Low S3/P4

Jim P saw a bright, white light leading a red light
travelling silently from E to W. It disappeared over the
oceam The sighting lasted about 40 seconds and could
well have been the same (second) object reported by
Franz L.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

UFORA93035 5 Feb 1993 BallajuraWA
2100hrs Med S4/P4

Mr Fred Van B, his daughter and mother, watched what
seemed to be the 93034 object. The family watched a
bright, off white light travelling from south to north.
Duration 10 minutes and described as one third the size
of a full Moon, travelling under cloud cover.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM)

UFORA93036 14 Feb 1993 KwinanaWA 2315hrs
Low S4/P4

Julie S and her boyfriend watched two star-lilce objects
performing aerial manoeuvres. One ofthe lights (orange)
was just above the Southern Cross and the other (neon
blue) just below it. They were darting around and once
came close. The lower light would dart upwards and fioat
gently down again. The performance was still going on
when the call came in to Brian Richards. Brian looked
aroundfrom where he wasbut saw nothing unusual. In the
70's Julie's father had watched wdancing" lights in the
daytime in the Rockingham area, which caused a number
of cars to lose power and stall.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM)

UFORA93037 18 Feb 1993 Maddington WA
0640hrs Low S4/P4

Nicki, a nurse was driving to work, when to the East at
about 30 degrees, she noted a large, bnght, off white
stationary object above the hills. It seemed to be circular
in shape with the bnghtest lights around the cirmlmfer-
ence. As she watched for a minute or so, it shrank to the
size of abnght star. It did this several timesbefore fading
out.

(Brian Richards/UFORUM.)

IN THE LITERATURE

A new US based UFO magazine Is now in full
production. Called •UFO Encounters- it bills itself
as providing a tWorld-wide coverage of the
UFO phenomenon." 12 issues costs USS30 and it
is now avoilable,20 pages a monthly issue, from
Aztec Publishing, PO Box 1142, Norcross, GA 30091 USA

RESEARCH NOTES

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Will you be in the UK in August of this year? If so,
you may want to attend The Independent UFO
Network's Internationcl UFO Conference, to be
held in Sheffield, England, on the 14th and 15th
August 1993. Guest speskers include Jenny
Randles, Cynthia Hind, Budd Hopkins, Paul
Devereux, Hilary Evans, and Linda Moulton
Howe. More details available from Stu Smith,15
Rydal Street, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 lHS,
England.

NEW TELEVISION SERIES

"The Extraordinary" is a television series currently
screening on the 7 network on Thursday nights.
This series presents several short pieces ecch
week on various aspects of the paranormal,
and the UFO phenomenon.

Bill Chalker worked with the series' resesrchers
on a piece about the 1954 Nowra, New South
Wales, radar/visual csse, which was recently
aired. One of the show's researchers has been
talking to myself, which might result in further
pieces on the UFO phenomenon.

NEW MOTION PICTURE FILM ON AN
ABDUCTION CASE

"Fire In the Sky" has opened in the US according
to recent messages on the Parcnet computer
network. Starring James Garner, D B Sweeney,
and Robert Patrick the movie is loosely based
on the famous multi-witness,1975,TravisWalton
abduction event. If you haven't read of the
case then The Walton Experience- by Travis
Walton, Berkley, New York,1978 is the book to try
and get hold of.

UFORA RESEARCH DIGEST MAR/APR 93

ARCHIEVES RESEARCH

Continuing my lonastanding research into De
psrtment of Defence (RAAF) files held by the
Austrclian Archives, I submMed a request for
copies of papers from the year 1962. These
documents, consisting of 100 plus pages have
now arnved. Coples are available from UFORA
ADMINISTRATION, CAIRNS at a cost of S.20.00.

VISIT BY KENNETH RING

We understand that US psychologist Kenneth
Ring will be In Australia In August of this yesr.
He plans to Visit Melbourne and Adelaide, and
perhaps Sydney. Ring has long been interested
In Necr-Death Experiences (see his books •Life
at Decth',1982, Quill, New York, and •Heading
Toward Omega-, 1984, Quill, New York). Com-
mencing a few years ago he took an in-depth
look at the abduction phenomenon.

His recent book: The Omega Factor', William
Morrow, New York, explores the similarities be-
tween the after effects of both NDEs and ab-
ductions. It Is hoped to have Ken present a
public lecture during his short stay in Adelaide.

WHAT IS THE 'OLD HAG'
PHENOMENON?

QuRe a tew magazine articles ot Iate have
been mentioning 'The Old Hag' phenomenon.
For those who may have not come across it
before, the tollowing Is a brief overview ot the
most detailed look at the Old Hag, which was
carried out some years ago, by David Huttord
(see his 1982 book: 'The Terror thot Comes in the
Night', Philadelphia, University ot Pennsylvania
Press.

Hufford lived in Newfoundland, Canada, be-
tween 1971 -1974 at the Folklore Depsrtment of
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Here he
first encountered the topic of the Old Hag. He
carrled out a survey questionnaire and from 93
respondents found an incidence of Old Hag of
some 23%.

The experience wos summed:

Subjective impresslon of wakefulness

* sense of immobility

* realistic perception of environment
they were in for

The experience:

* very commonty occurred when a person
was Iying on their back

* included thepercipient commonly feeling
a sense of presence An the room
commonly involved was a feeling of pres-
sure on the chest

Interestingly, one notes thst UFO abductions
frequently commence in a bedroom where
someone, who is convinced they are wide
awoke, reports being poralysed and feels a
presence or sees a being in their room.

If you have an opportunity to locate a copy of
Hufford's book in a library, then I think you will
find it of great interest.

ABDUCTIONS:

The mystery ot the •Missing Fetus- Syndrome
(MFS).

With the publication of the book 'Intruders' in
1987, came an added dimension to the abduc-
tion enigma. After detailing a small handful of
case studies of Andrea, Kathie, Susan, and
Pam, Budd Hopkins suggested a theme had
developed in his work. The psttern observed by
Hopkins wasthstfemale abductees were often
first abducted as a small child. This was then
followed by a series of abductions through pu-
berty. Ova samples were taken by the aliens.
Artificial insemination occurred during one ab-
duction, resulting in the pregnancy of an
abductee. The women were then re-abducted
2-3 months lster and the fetus removed by the
entities.

The discovery of this 'fact' led Hopkins to con-
clude that: 'A central gaol of UFO abductions,
I now believe Is the apparent interbreeding of
an alien species with our own. (Hopkins
1987:179).

Had anyone else noticed this pattern prior to
Hopkins? It seems not. As an explanation for this
it might be suggested that it was Hopkins who
had access to the largest number of cases and
hence became the first to detect the pattern.

Eddie Bullard, cited in an article by Dr Richard
Neal, (1991:20) stated: " I noticed nothing in the
literature (up to 1986 or thereabouts) compa-
rsble to the missing embryo motif. • This Is despite
Bullard having reviewed 300 abduction texts in
his mammoth review study.

How did Hopkins detectthe psttern? In Intrud-
ers- (pl25) he stated that he thoughtthe Karthy
Davis case was a once off event. Later, when
otherwomen contacted him, he straight away:

"...brought up...unsolved medical
problems..then I asked about any unusual cir-
cumstances involving pregnancies.

Is MFS a universal theme with female abductees?
I can find no evidence in the litersture to sug-
gest that all female abductees have under-
gone this cycle of insemination and then re-
moval of fetus. Is it then a large percentage of
female abductees who have this happen to
them? No one seems to have claimed it is, yet
it has become a central theme in the "abduc-
tions are genetic experiments" hypothesis.

Is it therefore only a few individuals making this
claim? Published claims of cases of MFS are
infrequent. One concludes that far from the
norm. MFS, as a percentage of total abductions
of females is minimal.

Do we in fact have any idea of what percent-
age of female abductees report the syndrome.
Ann Druffel (1991:8) spoke of ...numerous such
reports- without defining the numbers of which
she spoke.

Richard Neal (1991:18) commented: Over the
past several years there have been many fe-
mcle abductees...- agsin without citing num-
bers or sources for this estimate. Later in the
same article: Many researchers have claimed
that they hove severcl cases. . .in their files.- Sev-
eral- muitiplied by many- would seem to me to
indicate a lot.

Finally. I did manage to trsck down a statistic.
Jesn Mundy (1991:23) wrote that: "Around nine
percent of women with alien contact report
mediccily confirmed pregnancies which discp-
peared, ususily in the fourth month." So, here at
last, a concrete statistic. 1 in 11 female
obductees wnh MFS.

So it iS not a universal constant. Yet often, In
discusslons one comes across researchers pu
ting the syndrome forward as part of the ge-
netic experimentation hypothesis as if it does
happen to 100% of female abductees.

What does the above statistic translate to in
terms of numbers of cose of MFS? The Omni
magazine survey Mundy report involved a stated
2000 individuals. Hopkins is said by diverse sources
to have an estimoted 4000 pieces of correspon-
dence, and he stated of these that the ratio of
male/female abductees was 1:1

So, if 2000 of the 4000 Hopkins cases were from
women, and using Mundy's 9%, 9% of these
would give us 180 csses. How many detailed
cases have been published? A review of the
literature reveals Hopkins wrote of 4 in "Intrud-
ers", Mundy relstes one in her article and Druffel
reports one. A far cry from 180.

Missing from all the published accounts, up until
1991, was medical documentation. There were
no names of the heaith professionals involved
and no copies of medical records indicating
the disappearance of medically confirmed
preunancies.

Researchers were apparently merely accept-
ing the word of abductees. Even Bullard (1990:25)
fell into this trap stating: "Missing babies. . become
sticking points in the ongoing argument. Oppo-
nents cannot slip easily past the evidence.~

Ann Druffel reported on a thorough investiga-
tion of the medical data in the case of a woman
who, after a visitation by an entity, unexpect-
edly became pregnant, and subsequently lost
the fetus. She came to wonder if she was a
victim of the MFS. Investigations by Druffel et al
found that the Case turned out to be a con-
ventional, medical event according to the
primary physician..." (1991:12.)

In summary, we have a number of anecdotal
accounts. However, in the one case where
it has been possible to undertake a thorough
scientific medical investigation, It was shown
that there was no evidence for the MFS. In fact
a mundane expianation was located. Richard
Necl (1992) presents a detailed set of alternate
mundane, medical explanations which explain
MFS symptoms.

As MFS Is a major part of the broader "genetic
experimentation" hypothesis for alien abduc-
tion accounts, it would seem that the ball is
back in the courts of "genetic experimentstion
hypothesis proposers to show us why we should
continue to accept this hypothesis as having
any validity.

References:

Bullard, E. 1990. "The UFO Abduction Phenomenon: Past Research and Future
Prospects." Unpublished manuscript.

Druffel. A/ 1991. ""Missing Fetus" Case Solved." MUFON Journal 283:8-12.

Hopkins, B. 1S387. "Intruders." Random House. New York.

Mundy, J. 1991. "A Case of "Unnatural Pregnancy"' UFO Magazine 6(4):23-24 8r
44.

Neal, R.M. 1991. "Missing Embryo/Fetus Syndrome." UFO Magasine 6(4):18-
22.

Neal, R. M. 1992. 'The Missing Embryo/Fetus Syndrome." MUFON 1992 Inter-
national UFO Symposium Proceedings. 214-229.